saltwater

Hi everyone! I've been lurking on this forum for the past year and it has helped me tremendously with balancing the water in my hot tub. But this topic is not about me or my tubs. It's more of a curiosity of mine that I'm hoping knowledgable people will be able to answer. I live in an area...

Hey guys! I’m not a new pool owner, I’ve been a TFPer for years. HOWEVER, we’ve always been chlorine & this pool build we decided we wanted to try SW. They finally are able to get and install the salt water generator and I have questions!! 1. I have the app, do I create a new pool or change my...

We put in a new liner in 2022 on a 15-year old pool and are now thinking of converting to saltwater. I have done no research yet of what this entails, or if it is even feasible with the equipment we have. But before I go down that rabbit hole, with an indoor pool, what special considerations...

This is my first winter with a pool and am not sure about the circulation.... Saltwater, chemicals are all balanced, pool is covered, I removed the cleaner, put a couple chlorine tabs in a floater and put the floater in the skimmer. I have a VSP and the pump, cleaner, and waterfall are all set...

Pool is 11k gallons and saltwater in Kissimmee Florida. It’s a new pool about five months old. Several months ago I noticed some teal colored staining which won’t go away and has my pool company stumped. I do have a gas heater as well. Is it algae? The FRee chlorine is usually 5 ppm. Thanks for...

Hello! We have just bought a house and along with it, a 27,000 gallon saltwater pool with a vinyl liner. We are brand new to pools in general so any and all information is appreciated. Our pool is dark green and we have been vacuuming and scooping as much as we can. Our equipment seems to be in...

Over last winter my salt water pool was apparently infiltrated with frogs. I removed over 20 by hand so I can’t imagine the amount of tadpoles spawned in there. Unfortunately this resulted in not being able to use the pool all season because we could never get it clear from what appears to be...

Hi there! My husband and I are purchasing a home in a rural area and now have the option to put in an above or semi-unground saltwater pool. We have had both a fiberglass (MO) and finite (TX) saltwater pool And thoroughly enjoyed them. We are excited for the option to put in an above ground pool...

I bought my house with a pool in October 2020. Last Friday I had my pool converted to salt water. I've been trying to get the Chemicals balanced out and today I came home to a huge hole in my liner at the deep end. It wasn't there yesterday evening. Sunday, I vacuumed really well bc I had to...

One thing I've learned quickly is that ionization is not the popular opinion! And after reading.... I understand. BUT, when I purchased my package with my pool, my installer was suggesting the ionizer system and he would provide for me. He helped me place my order. Now if I'd like to change...

Good evening, all. Brand new owner of a 20,000 gallon salt water pool, here! Very excited and also a bit frustrated as I added 360 pounds of the recommended approximate 550 pounds of salt this afternoon just to try out my IC40 Pentair Intellichlor SWCG to find out that it won’t work for my 52...

Hi Everyone, 1st post here so go easy .... :) I did already search the forums and found a lot of varying information. I have a 13k gal SW pool and the Taylor test kit that includes salt water testing. I'm fine with all the tests, and have everything in normal, except for my CH is 250, and...

I have a deckorators composite deck that has a white haze. It could be hard water stains, salt, scaling or failure of the deck. It’s about 8 years old. anyone see this happen next to a saltwater pool? I’ve tried cleaning with... Deckmax E2 CLR White vinegar Simple green Bleach Dawn I can...

New to pools, purchased a home with a 20x40 in ground pool last November. I plumbed in a new salt chlorine generator a month back, and today while opening the pool I noticed the label on the Sta-Rite filter says fresh water only. It's a Sta-Rite System 3 model S7D75 filter. Why can't this be...

I was low on salt, so I added it and turned the SWG to 0 last evening and ran the pump all night. This morning, I have 0 chlorine. It was low last night, so it didn't drop from last night. Suggestions? Add bleach, turn SWG to a higher percentage.

Hi! So glad to have a found a forum to share advice and wisdom. We installed our pool last year (from February to September due to ridiculous levels of rain) and had few opportunities to swim in it without workers in the backyard. We chose a smaller 12,600 gallon Trilogy Axiom fiberglass...

Hello all, I’m new here to the site but not to pools. Grew up with a chlorine above ground pool, bought a house 5 years ago with a 25,000 gallon in ground pool that I converted to salt a couple years ago. Today I had to add 25 pounds of calcium chloride to increase my calcium hardness. Since...

First of all this forum is great. I've always been a pool/beach bum and now that I own a house it's time to make a statement with an ultimate (budget) pool and patio setup. I was able to get a great deal on the ultra frame 12x24x52 with sand pump and will be going the salt water route. The plan...